Background: public health officer is a field of study in Ethiopia for non physicians’ clinicians. This was started in 1954 EC in Gonder college of Public Health to meet the health needs of rural communities. Objective- To explore the perceptions of public health officers on whether the curriculum prepares them for clinical practice in the real environment. Methodology-A qualitative research design will be used to explore health officers perceptions of whether the curriculum prepares them for clinical practice. Data collection will done using semistructured interview guide with open ended questions. The questions will be developed using personal experience and key informants. The source population for this study will be a graduated public health officers who will be interviewed until saturation of data is reached. Data analysis was begun with translation from Amharic to English during the transcription process. A thematic analysis approach was used. Result- the result of the study has revealed that some major curriculum related gap which contributes for perceived knowledge gap of public health officers. The main gap are disproportional time allocation for very crucial courses of basic sciences and clinical. The curriculum lack strict monitoring system of its implementation. Conclusion- Based on the result of this study some strength and weakness of the curriculum are identified. Some of the strength is mentioned are strong course content of both clinical and public courses. The main weakness in the curriculum is some of the courses are not proportionally allocated with adequate time and course contents like that of basic science and clinical courses.